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Author Archives: Grant Newsham

Posted inOpinion

America and rare earths: a little urgency, please

by Grant Newsham June 17, 2025June 17, 2025

America usually has other countries over a barrel.  Not the other way around – unless you’re old enough to remember when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cracked the whip and Washington and the West usually fell in line. But last week China forced President Trump to back down on tough tariffs that were […]

Posted inOpinion

Lee’s election in S Korea: The time for wishful thinking has come

by Grant Newsham June 16, 2025June 16, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Letter from Seoul: This isn’t just another election

by Grant Newsham June 2, 2025June 5, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Advice to Tokyo about that US debt weapon: Use at your own risk

by Grant Newsham May 10, 2025May 14, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Will Xi Jinping start a war over Trump’s China tariffs?

by Grant Newsham April 24, 2025April 29, 2025
Posted inNortheast Asia

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth needs a to-do list for Japan

by Grant Newsham March 27, 2025April 1, 2025
Posted inNortheast Asia

Unsolicited advice for the next US ambassador to Japan

by Grant Newsham February 27, 2025March 4, 2025
Posted inOpinion

The US weapon China’s communists fear the most

by Grant Newsham February 14, 2025February 14, 2025
Posted inOpinion

US-China: ‘Cold War 2’ or something worse

by Grant Newsham February 11, 2025February 12, 2025
Posted inNortheast Asia

Ishiba meets Trump: a potentially volatile mixture

by Grant Newsham February 7, 2025February 12, 2025
Posted inChina

Xi’s China guarantees Asia-Pacific another year of rough sailing

by Grant Newsham February 4, 2025February 8, 2025
Posted inChina

Taking Taiwan: Will Xi or won’t Xi?

by Grant Newsham January 22, 2025January 27, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Nippon Steel and US Steel: One last chance, Mr Trump

by Grant Newsham January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Posted inNortheast Asia

The truth about US bases on Okinawa

by Grant Newsham December 25, 2024January 2, 2025
Posted inNortheast Asia

Tulsi Gabbard needs a modern history lesson on Japan

by Grant Newsham December 11, 2024December 14, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Yoon right about pro-North Korea influences in South’s parliament

by Grant Newsham December 7, 2024December 11, 2024
Posted inNortheast Asia

Japan’s Marines: Amphibious (but not so) Rapid Deployment Brigade

by Grant Newsham December 3, 2024December 6, 2024
Posted inOpinion

ATACMS? What is Team Biden thinking?

by Grant Newsham November 26, 2024November 30, 2024
Posted inChina

Taiwan needs to get ready for Trump 2.0

by Grant Newsham November 22, 2024November 26, 2024
Posted inOpinion

US getting military part right – and still losing the Pacific

by Grant Newsham November 13, 2024November 16, 2024
Posted inOpinion

US election brings on fretting season in Japan

by Grant Newsham November 5, 2024November 5, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Palauans can decide themselves between US and China

by Grant Newsham October 25, 2024October 25, 2024
Posted inNortheast Asia

The Nippon Steel deal: taking another look

by Grant Newsham October 12, 2024October 17, 2024
Posted inOpinion

America’s kryptonite? Just say China ‘gray zone’

by Grant Newsham September 10, 2024September 16, 2024
Posted inJapan Defense

For Japan’s defense, it matters who’s prime minister

by Grant Newsham August 26, 2024August 29, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Japan must do much more for Taiwan

by Grant Newsham August 22, 2024August 22, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Good news, bad news in Japan’s military reawakening

by Grant Newsham August 8, 2024August 15, 2024
Posted inJapan Defense

Is Japan nearly cured of its nuclear allergy?

by Grant Newsham July 29, 2024August 2, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Japan military hammered and war hasn’t even started

by Grant Newsham July 10, 2024July 19, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Japan and US need to up their game in the Senkakus

by Grant Newsham June 29, 2024July 4, 2024

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